HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s foreign minister on Tuesday told Reuters a timeout of a couple of weeks is required within the talks between Finland, Sweden and Turkey regarding the 2 Nordic nations’ plans to hitch the NATO military alliance.
“A timeout is required before we return to the three-way talks and see where we’re when the dust has settled after the present situation, so no conclusions must be drawn yet,” Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Reuters in a telephone interview.
“I believe there will likely be a break for a few weeks,” he added.
Turkey’s president on Monday said Sweden shouldn’t expect his country’s support for NATO membership after a protest near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on the weekend including the burning of a replica of the Koran.
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